Hart, Genevieve(Library and Information Association of South Africa, 2007)

The article argues that the construct of social capital offers South African public
librarianship fresh vision – urgently needed if it is to fulfil its potential role in social
inclusion. Social capital refers to the ...

The article describes an interpretive case study of a group of six dual use school community libraries in one remote region of South Africa. Its focus is rather more on the libraries as school libraries than public libraries. ...